Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:04 AM

Ja mein Fuehrer

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 01:55 PM

What does highlandsok mean?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 23 Jun 07 - 02:27 PM

hi

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 05:24 PM

you read your messages yet?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 05:21 PM

Oh, OK. I was just funnin' anyway. I do this stuff from work so I don't post much on the weekend. You may not hear from me until Monday. Maybe somebody else will pick up the slack.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 05:16 PM

P.S. have you read your messages yet?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 05:14 PM

Hey KB can you give me some time?I'm only 11.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 01:40 PM

Hola. Have you done any writing on that story? No pressure, but let's get crackin'.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 22 Jun 07 - 12:55 PM

HELLO!!!!

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:39 PM

OK.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:34 PM

Well, you also got #200 so it still counts. I'm going for the day, be back tomorrow morning.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:30 PM

201

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:25 PM

Have you?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:23 PM

I think The West Rochester Sand Pit is a great place to go fishing. Have you ever been fishing there?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:13 PM

Perhaps you were sitting on shore when you heard the crunch of my tires on the gravel behind you. The dust rose and then settled on your bait cup, coating the worms with the fine white powder.

But it was really Saturday and I was on the blacktop (Herbert Hoover Highway). In fact I took I-80 to get to Tipton and HHH on the way back. I was running late getting there but had lots of time on the way home. I take the back roads when I can, much less stressful than the interstate. Lots more to see, too.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 04:59 PM

When did you go to tipton? If you went on Tuesday that was the same day I went fishing.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 03:11 PM

I drove practically right past there the other day on my way to Tipton for a baseball game.

Have you ever gone to the Rochester Cemetery? Native prairie, it's really something.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:59 PM

I went to a place called,"The West Rochester Sand Pit."It used to be a sand quarry.No I haven't.I'm going to,but I'm thinking about it.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:53 PM

So where did you go fishing? Have you written anything about it?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:41 PM

yeah you do.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:37 PM

Short trip to central Illinois (if I remember correctly).

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:31 PM

I live in eastern Iowa.by the way I remember.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:27 PM

You may go practically right by me to get there. I live in east central Iowa.

Remember not to give specifics about where you are. I think we Mudcatters are generally a pretty good bunch but anyone anywhere with an internet connection could potentially read this.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:27 PM

If I wanted to go to "central Illinois", not only would I have to go far but I'd have to either get in a boat for the first few hours or I'd have to fly south for about three hours then east for another four or five hours. So I guess I won't make it.

Juneau, the capital of Alaska, has no road system out of town. There are mountains and ice fields in back of us and the Pacific Ocean in front.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:19 PM

No, we're going to a place in central Illinois.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 02:10 PM

Do you have to travel far?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 01:57 PM

my plans are to go to a family reunion.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Ebbie
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 01:06 PM

Having seen the series I doubt it too, Cookster.

By the way, we should make it clear: As KB in Iowa said, you needn't write a story. It is only fun if *you* want to.

However, it is a great way to learn to use words to paint with.

What are your plans for your summer? Time's a-wastin'.

Eb

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 11:37 AM

I don't think so.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 11:07 PM

robo, according to the rules of German that I learned as a child, one could not say 'die' in reference to a man. I don't suppose that Bart Simpson is a woman?

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: robomatic
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 11:04 PM

Sideshow Bob is in court for making threats against Bart Simpson:

PROSECUTOR: "You were stamping out license plates that read 'DIE BART DIE'"

SIDESHOW BOB: "I was writing in German, Die, Bart, Die!'"

ONLOOKER: "No one who speaks German can be a bad man!"

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn Ger
From: maeve
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 09:27 PM

Hey there, Cookster (nice name!) KB has an excellent point. You are writing for yourself. It's fun when other people love something you've written, but if you enjoy writing a story and you have a good time, someone else will probably like it too!

I've got icecream waiting for me, so I'll say, "Goodnight" for now.

maeve

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 05:12 PM

OK.But it might be a couple days.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 01:16 PM

cookster, the real question is, do you want to write a story? If yes, then do so.

I hope you write a story and post it here for us to read, but don't write it for us, write it for you. You may enjoy the process but the only way to find out is to give it a try.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 12:39 PM

Thank you Ebbie.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 12:37 PM

Possible fish story beginning:

"Well, I'm home now. Mostly what's left is in one piece although there are some folks out there who are going to be surprised when they come across a pair of pants sloshing around in the swift water..."

Cookster, my point is to jump right in. In a short story you don't have to set the scene, just tell the story.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 12:28 PM

anyone else want me to write a short story.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 10:28 AM

thanks KB.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: KB in Iowa
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 10:21 AM

I want to read it, too.

Write about your fishing trip. Even if it is just a couple of paragraphs. This is not a school assignment, have fun with it. If it is easier just describe what really happened. Include details, the story gets longer sooner and it makes it more interesting to read.

P.S. Don't get discouraged if nobody responds right away, it happens all the time.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 10:13 AM

see ya later.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Peace
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 10:09 AM

Let's try for sooner, Cookster. I'm gettin' older by the minute here. Welcome to Mudcat. Have to go for a few hours. See ya later.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 10:04 AM

Hey, Maeve I haven't got any ideas for a short story yet But don't woory I'll get one sooner or later.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 09:42 AM

I am not cookie anymore.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: cookster
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 09:39 AM

I am offically a member now.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn Ger
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 04:08 AM

Sheesh Cookie, you could become a member and do most of this in the Chat room!
G

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 11:50 PM

Good night. (Of course, since I am in Alaska it's not my bedtime yet. Not even 8 o'clock.)

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: GUEST,cookie
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 11:41 PM

Good night everyone.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn Ger
From: maeve
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 11:36 PM

You're welcome. I've got to go, but I'll check in sometime tomorrow.

Maeve

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: GUEST,cookie
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 11:35 PM

Thank you Maeve.

Subject: RE: Req: If You Want People to Like You, Learn German
From: GUEST,cookie
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 11:32 PM

Thanks Ebbie.